Trends and geographic differences in social work telehealth utilization.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Hua, Cassandra L; Halladay, Christopher W.; Rudolph, James L; Celardo, Caitlin; Heyworth, Leonie; Harmon, Alita R.; Mills, Whitney L.; Cornell, Portia Y.
- Source
- Social Work in Health Care. 2024, Vol. 63 Issue 4/5, p399-413. 15p.
- Subject
- *HEALTH services accessibility
*AUDIOVISUAL materials
*MEDICAL care of veterans
*PROFESSIONAL practice
*RESEARCH funding
*MEDICAL care
*SOCIAL services
*SOCIOECONOMIC factors
*POPULATION geography
*TELEMEDICINE
*SOCIAL case work
*WORKING hours
*RURAL population
*RURAL conditions
*QUALITY assurance
*COVID-19 pandemic
*NEIGHBORHOOD characteristics
- Language
- ISSN
- 0098-1389
We plotted trends in social work telehealth use among Veterans in a U.S. national social work staffing program and examined the relationship between geographic factors (rurality and neighborhood disadvantage) and telehealth use (audio and video) using linear probability models. Social work telehealth use increased among Veterans during the COVID-19 pandemic. There were no geographic differences in telephone telehealth use. Video telehealth use was less common among Veterans in isolated rural areas and among Veterans in highly disadvantaged areas. Outreach efforts can address barriers that Veterans who live in rural and disadvantaged areas may experience in using video telehealth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]